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Creating a New Unit
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6 Optional: In the Name box, enter a name for the unit (up to 21 characters,
including dashes and underscores). To rename the unit, see “Naming a
Unit” on page 114
7 If you have 12 drives attached to the controller and selected RAID 50 as
the configuration in step 3, select whether you want 3, 4, or 6 Drives Per
Subunit.
8 Click Ok .
The new unit will appear in the Unit Maintenance list at the top of the
page and the operating system will be notified of the new unit.
In Linux, a device node will now be associated with each unit created. In
Windows the device manager will reflect the changes under the disk
drives icon.
9 Partition and format the unit. (Steps will vary depending on the operating
system.)
10 Mount the new unit.
Note:
For RAID 5 units with 5 or more disks, and RAID 50
units with 10 or 12 disks and only two subunits, initialization
of the unit begins immediately.
The unit can be used while it is initializing and is fault-tolerant.
11 Partition and format the unit. For details, see “Partitioning and Formatting
Units” on page 91.
Creating a Unit through 3BM
1 At the main 3BM screen, select the drives to be included by highlighting
each one and pressing
Enter or Space to select it.
When you select a drive, an asterisk appears next to it in the left most
column (see Figure 32).
Tip:
If you want to use all available drives, press Alt-A to select them all.